Shade-holder.



H. 'J. MOREY.

SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1912.

1,082,604, I Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

iTED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

HARRY J. MOREY, or sYRAcusE, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR TO PASS & sEYMOUR, INO., 0F SOLVAY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed. July 3, 1912. Serial No. 707,550.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY J. MOREY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to globe or shade holders and has for its principal object to provide a simple and efficient device for holding a globe or shade in detachable relation to the shade holder shell.

Other objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the globe holder showing the same applied to a lamp socket, the globe engaging spring being shown in open position. Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view of a shade in position in the shell of the globe holder, the section being taken along line 22 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the shade holder showing the shade in section and in position as supported by the spring; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the retaining spring; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the spring as it appears when withdrawn from the shade holder shell.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 shows a socket 1, in dotted lines, to which the shade holder shell 2 is locked by means of a locking ring 3. "The shade holder shell 2 has an internal groove l at its top which cooperates with a rib 5 on the lower end of the socket shell 1, and is locked on the same by means of the locking ring 3, as is fully explained in my Patent No. 1,050,284. The 5 foregoing arrangement is merely illustrative and forms no part of this invention as it is obvious that other means may be employed for attaching the shade holder to the socket shell. I

The shade holder shell 2 is substantially cylindrical in shape and flares at its lower end. Slightly above the lower edge of the same there is an outwardly projecting rib 6 formed on the shell, which atits interior forms a groove 7 in which the shade supporting spring 8 is seated. The groove 7 has three openings therein which are spaced apart about 120. The two openings or slots 9 and 10 are of substantially the same width as the grooves and. extend along the same while the third opening 11 is of substantially the same size as the groove.

A. part of the shell between the slot 11 and lower edge of the shell, and intermediate the ends of the slot 11, isiremoved or cut away to leave the opening 12 between the slot and the lower edge of the shell so that by pressing the ends of the spring 18 together and moving them vertically they may be simultaneously withdrawn from or inserted into the slot 11 to release or look the globe or shade to the holder.

The spring 8 is made of a single piece of wire of resilient material bent into approxiin the shade holder shell.

mately circular form with its free ends tend ing to spring apart as shown in Fig. 1, thus providing an expansible and contractible means for retaining the globe in place The free ends of the spring 8 are bent radially outward upon themselvesto form eyes 13-13, constituting finger grips. The finger grip portions or 1 ends being bent at substantially right angles to the main part of the spring, form hooks 1414, which engage in the opening 11 at opposite ends of the same. On the opposite .sides of the cut away part 12 there are iniwardly projecting edges forming ledges or gnibs 1515, on the shell 2 which cooperate Zwith the hooks 1411- to hold the ends of ,the spring 8 in position when supporting ;a globe or shade.v The cutaway section 12 has inwardly inclined edges 1212 to afford a wide entrance to the opening and serve as a guide to facilitate snapping the free ends of the spring over the nibs 1515 into place on the supporting ledges at the ends of the slot 11.

To support the side opposite the free ends "of the spring 8 and to stiffen the same, the

said spring is provided with two integral outwardly extending radial bends or loops 16 and 17, spaced apart about 120 at opposite sides at the rear of the spring. The said loops 16 and 17 extend through the slots 9 and 10, respectively, in the groove of the shell 2 and act as a hinge connection between the spring and shell.

The operation of the device will be clear from the foregoing description.

The neck of the shade or globe 18, which has an outwardly projecting flange 19, is set into the interior of the shell 2 when the spring is in the position shown in Fig. 1. The grips 1313 are then engaged by the fingers pressed together and hooked into the slot 11 resting on the ledges at the opposite ends thereof.

As indicated in its open position in Fig. 1, the holding spring will expand sutficiently so that the neck portion of the globe can be inserted therethrough, the free ends with the finger grips springing apart and projecting below the shell 2 sufficiently when withdrawn from the recess 11, while the loops 16 and 17 serving as hinges will bind in the slots 9 and and thus be retained and hold the spring from entire release from the shell 2. Vfhen the ends are pressed together they will clear the projections l5 on the globe holder shell and may be inserted and withdrawn. A pull on one or the other of the free ends will withdraw the loops from the slots and release the spring from the holder. By inserting the loops into their respective slots the spring will be in position to receive a globe, which may be locked in place by pressing the grips, so that the ends may pass the projections l515 and be hooked over the latter.

As indicated in Fig. 3 the spring 8 comprises three segmental sections which conform to the circular shape of the groove in the neck of the shade 18 and form a resilient supporting flange or rim on the interior of the shade holder shell 2. The spring will be supported at four points on the shell and when desired the shade or globe may be removed by simply engaging the grips l313, pressing them toward each other and withdrawing them through the cutaway portion 12. This allows the rear section or part of the spring between the loops l6 and 17 to spring back into the groove 7 and the shade will be released.

It will be seen that I have provided a convenient and inexpensive device for holding globes and shades and one which presents a neat appearance and is easily operated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shade holder, the combination of s a shell having slots adjacent its lower edge, only one of said slots opening to the lower edge of the shell, an expansible and contractible member for supporting a shade or globe and having free ends extending through and seated in the ends of said slot opening to the lower edge of the shell, said member being provided with a part intermediate its ends which is adapted to ex tend into another slot and cooperate with the shell to support said member and the globe or shade carried thereby, the said member being arranged to release the shade or globe when the free ends thereof are pressed together, passed out of the slot and allowed to separate, said part thereof being 65 still retained in its slot thereby binding the free ends of said member against the lower edge of the shell and preventing the disconnection of the member and shell upon withdrawal of the shade or globe.

2. In a shade holder, the combination of a shell having a groove adjacent its lower edge and slots in said groove, only one of said slots opening to the lower edge of the shell, an expansible and contractible shade supporting spring seating in said groove and having free ends extending through and seated in the ends of said slot opening to the lower edge of the shell, said spring being provided with two loops intermediate its ends adapted to extend into other slots and cooperate with the shell to support said spring and the shade carried thereby, the spring being arranged to release the shade carried thereby when the ends thereof are pressed together, passed downward vertically out of the slot and allowed to spring apart, the loops being still retained in the slots and binding the free ends of the spring withdrawn from the slots against the lower edge of the shell and preventing the disconnection of the spring and shell upon withdrawal of the shade.

3. In a shade holder, the combination with a shell having recesses therein, an eX- pansible and contractible spring having free ends projecting through one of said recesses which opens downwardly intermediate its ends directly to the lower edges of the shell and a loop intermediate the ends of the spring projecting through another recess, one of the free ends being adapted to be passed vertically into and out of its recess to insert or withdraw the globe, and means on the shell cooperating with the free ends of said spring to support the ends in place and prevent the accidental release of the spring.

at. In a shade holder, the combination of a shell having recesses along its lower edge, and an expansible and contractible globe holding member having a part intermediate its ends adapted to engage one of said recesses, part of the shell being cut away to leave an opening between the edge thereof and a second recess, said opening entering said second recess intermediate its ends leaving ledges, the ledges constituting sup porting means for the ends of said globe holding member, said ends of the globeholding member when pressed together and passed upwardly or downwardly through said opening, being adapted to respectively lock or release the globe or shade carried by the holder.

5. In a shade holder, the combination of a shell having a slot near its lower edge, a portion of said shell between said slot and the lower edge of the shell being cut away leaving an opening from the slot directly to the lower edge of the shell, and a spring having free ends tending to spread apart and normally seat in the ends of said slot, said spring intermediate its free ends having supporting engagement with said shell sai free ends of the spring when pressed together being adapted to be passed through said opening to insert or release a globe or shade.

6. In a shade holder, the combination of a shell having recesses therein, one recess of which opens downwardly to the lower edge of the shell, a shade holding spring formed of a single piece of wire the free ends of which project through said last mentioned recess and also tend to spread apart, said spring having a loop intermediate its ends extending into another of said recesses, and a hook formed adjacent each end of the spring adapted to cotiperate with a projection extending into the recess opening to the lower edge of the shell to support the free ends but permitting the removal of said ends through the opening to the lower edge and the release of the shade or globe when said ends are pressed toward one another, passed downwardly out of the recess and allowed to spring apart.

7. In a shade holder, the combination with a shell having recesses therein, one recess of which opens intermediate its ends downwardly and directly to the edge of the shell, of a shade holding spring formed of a single piece of wire the free ends of which project through said last mentioned recess and tend to spread apart to normally seat in the ends of said recess, said spring adapted to conform to the groove on the neck of a globe or shade and having a loop intermediate its ends extending into another of said recesses, a bend formed adjacent each end of the spring extending through the recess opening to the edge of the shell, and projections formed adjacent the said last mentioned opening and adapted to engage the bent portion of each end of the spring to support the ends of the spring but permitting the withdrawal of the globe when the ends of the spring are pressed toward one another, withdrawn from the recesses and sprung apart.

8. In a shade holder, the combination of a shade holder shell, an expansible and contractible shade holding member adapted to only partially surround the neck of a shade or globe, means for retaining said member in contracted position to hold a shade or globe in place, means whereby said member may be permitted to expand to receive or release a shade or globe, and means whereby said member is retained in connected relation with said shell when said member is expanded to receive or release a shade or globe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY J. MOREY.

\Vitnesses:

J. W. Bnooxs, N. A. HURD.

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